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During the conference "Culture Under Threat: The future of the 1954 Hague Convention" there will be discussions about the proposed WAC Accord on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Image credit: Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly.

If you wish to propose an Inter-Congress at your affiliated institution, please notify any member of the WAC Executive. For consideration for WAC funding, the proposal needs to reach the WAC Executive by January of the previous year of the proposed Inter-Congress. For example, you need to submit a proposal of an Inter-Congress to be held in the year 2012 by January 2011. Please note that you need to be a WAC member to propose an Inter-Congress.

Inter-Congresses are held between the major International Congresses convened by WAC every four years. Inter-Congresses bring together archaeologists to explore issues of interest. They are organised by members of WAC regional electoral colleges.

The WAC Inter-Congress "Disentangling Contract Archaeology" (Desvelando a arqueologia de contrato) was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil on the 3rd and 4th of June, 2013 (click here for the Inter-Congress banner). The Inter-Congress was funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico of Brazil, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and the World Archaeological Congress. The Inter-Congress was attended by over 100 people and created lively debates. Above all, it positioned a critical discussion about contract archaeology, suspiciously lacking in Brazil and most other countries. Following the idea that the Inter-Congress was only the start of other activities and actions against the uncritical complicity of archaeology with capitalism, of which contract archaeology is but one expression, the organizers now plan to proceed with the following.

First, the creation of a virtual platform (an "observatório," as it is called in Brazil) for keeping an eye on contract-related issues and to stir discussions about them. The idea is to start with the Brazilian case and from here to grow outwards. There is plenty of work to do on this regard, such as networking with interested parties, for instance, the communities affected by the development projects for which contract archaeology works. Second, the organizers will explore the publication of some papers presented in the Inter-Congress, both as a guest-edited journal volume and as a book. Specifically, they plan to publish two edited books, one in Portuguese and other in Spanish, with papers ordered around similar blocks as those of the Inter-Congress: one setting the wider frame (archaeology and capitalism, the past as a commodity), another discussing contract archaeology more specifically, and the last one as a case study centered in Brazil.

We are pleased to extend awards to the following students who participated in the InterCongress.

The award for Best Graduate Student Paper goes to Jonathan Eaton (University of Toronto) for his paper “Museums, Indigeneity and Crises of Identity in the Western Balkans.” The Best Graduate Student Poster award goes to Justin Ellis (IUPUI) for “Content Analysis of Four Midwestern Native American Exhibits.” Terry Point and Jordan Wilson (Musqueam Indian Band and The University of British Columbia) share the award for Best Undergraduate Student Poster as co-authors of “Consulting with Community: the Musqueam-UBC Archaeological Field School.” Each winning entry receives $100, and each person receives an award certificate and one-year WAC student membership. We also want to recognize the following as Honorable Mention Graduate Student Papers: Tomás Sepúlveda (University of Barcelona) for his paper on “Museology and comunalidad: An approach to the communitarian museums of Oaxaca, Mexico” and Rachael Kiddey (University of York) for “Trash or Treasure? Representing social exclusion in the modern museum.” Both receive a one-year WAC student membership and an award certificate.

- submitted by Julie Hollowell, for the Academic Committee, WAC InterCongress on Indigenous People and Museums

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:25

WAC Inter-Congress: Heritage Management in East and South East Asia

Friday, 18 February 2011 00:00

WAC Inter-Congress: Heritage Management in East and South East Asia

In association with

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and

The International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK

Dates

5 July to Friday 8 July, 2011

Venue

The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

Themes

The Inter-congress will be divided into five themes:

Development pressures on heritage sites and landscapes

World Heritage nomination and management planning

Managing the multiple use of, and pressures on, heritage sites

Local community participation, interpretation, and education

Training in, and academic position of, Cultural Heritage Management

Abstracts

Papers

Once an abstract has been accepted all presenters will be asked to produce a full copy of their paper for translation into Chinese. All abstracts, and papers where possible, will be posted on the Conference web-site for participants to read before arrival to ensure the maximum amount of time for discussion.

Inter-Congress language

The Inter-Congress language will be English. Papers will be presented in English with Chinese subtitles/separate Power Point. This will require Power Point presentations submitted at least three weeks before the Inter-Congress for translation.

Main audiences

The main audience is intended to be heritage managers and academics (archaeology, cultural anthropology, tourism, town planning) from across, or with an interest in, the East and South East Asian Region. Special consideration will be given to student participation.

Accommodation

There are a range of hotels within five minutes walking distance of the conference venue.

It will be difficult for non-Chinese participants to pay for their hotels before arriving in China. Therefore, to ensure you get the accommodation you require, for non-Chinese participants please select your preferred hotel, complete the information below, and send it to Jane.hagger@ncl.ac.uk before 1 June 2011. Reservations will then be made for you. Requests for reservations received after this date cannot be guaranteed. Hotels will require payment on arrival. Information required:

Erlitou site;
Luoyang Han-Wei city site and Sui-Tang city site; Longmen Grottoes.
Western line:

Tour 2 - Qinshihuang Terrracotta warriors pits and the Mausoleum

Itinerary

Saturday 9 July

Travel after the Inter-Congress to Xi’an by air

Arrive at city centre hotel

Evening meal

Sunday 10 July

Terra Cotta Warriors Museum

Qinshihuang's Mausoleum

Monday 11 July

Daming Palace National Park

Xi'an

Return to Beijing arriving late evening

Total cost

486 euros

Qinshihuang Terrracotta warriors pits and the Mausoleum;

Tang dynasty Daming palace site.

Payment

REFUND POLICY: If you cancel your registration before 1 May 2011, 0800 GMT, you will be charged a 40 Euros administration fee, but will receive the remaining amount in refund. If you cancel after 1 May 2011 but by 1 June 2011, 0800 GMT you will receive a 50% refund of your registration fee. After 1 June refunds will be entirely at the organizers' discretion, issued after the conclusion of the Inter-Congress, and usually only for exceptional circumstances.

Provisional Programme for the WAC Inter-Congress on Heritage Management in East and South East Asia

In association with
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and
The International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University, UK

Morning: Opening ceremony
- Head of the Chinese Administration of Cultural Heritage, Head of the CASS and President of WAC
- Group photograph
- Six presentations introducing the themes of the Inter-Congress

Afternoon: Parallel sessions start in two different meeting rooms: all the themes will be fully discussed and debated in each group

Group One: Chairs: Claire Smith and Tang Jigen

G1 Session 1 Development Pressures on Heritage Sites and Landscapes
Twin Horns of a Dilemma: Heritage Preservation and the U.S. military transition from Okinawa to Guam (Dr John A Peterson)
Hong Kong and Lingnan: The Key to Improve Cultural Interpretation in Heritage Management (Celine Y Y Lai)

G2 Session 1 Development Pressures on Heritage Sites and Landscapes
The Heritage Value and the Character of the Settlement and Cultural Landscape of Aufu City in Shandong Province, China (GU Jianhui)
Archaeological Site Management: a Slow-release Capsule (Wang Renyu)
Development and Mitigation work (Chu Xiaolong)

G1 Session 4 Local community participation, interpretation and education
Relics, Display and Museums - The Hundred Year Development of Museums in Taiwan (Shu-Li Wang)
An attempt to grasp of overall history-cultural heritages in Hyogo, Japan (Wataru Uozo)
The Rise of a Man-Made God and the Fall of a Pilgrimage Temple: A Case Study of the Promotion and Management of a Heritage Site in Zhejiang Province, China (Wei Zhao)
Heritage field's disinterest in popular religion (Denis Byrne)
The Ngadjuri Heritage Project (Vince Copley, Li Huidong, Gary Jackson, Claire Smith, and Qiaowei Wei )
Kansai Archaeology Days (Katsuyuki Okamura)

G2 Session 4 Local community participation, interpretation and education
The Role of Education in Heritage Management - a case study from El Salvador, Central America (Mizuho Ikeda)
From Government-Oriented to Public-Involved: A Game of Theory Analysis of the Interest of Cultural Heritage Protection (Wei Qiaowei)
Public Archaeology in China: Old Belief and New Discipline (Jialing Fan)
Religious Environment Conservation, Protection and Management in Western Part of China (Yang Xin)
Mongolian Cultural Heritage Management and Protection in North China (Bai Jinsong)
Cultural Heritage Education (Fang Hui)
Cultural Heritage Education (Yuan Guangkuo)
Cultural Heritage Education and Public Involvement (Zhao Xueyong)

FRIDAY JULY 8TH
Visits to the Peking Man site, the Western Zhou Dynasty cemetery site at Liulihe, and the Han Dynasty burial site at Dabaotai

JULY 9TH-11TH
Post-Congress tours

Post conference publication

It is intended that there will be at least one book produced from the Inter-Congress. Depending on funding, this will be produced in both Chinese and English or Chinese with extended abstracts of presentations made in English. There is also scope for a special edition of Archaeologies, the journal of the World Archaeological Congress.